Every registered voter or, in counties where an enhanced prospective jury list is utilized, every registered voter, licensed driver, or person issued an identification card under § 27-16-805 who is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Arkansas and of the county in which he or she may be […]
(a) The following persons are disqualified to act as grand or petit jurors: (1) Persons who do not meet the qualifications of § 16-31-101; (2) Persons who are unable to speak or understand the English language; (3) Persons who are unable to read or write the English language, except that the circuit judge, in the […]
Any person may be excused from serving as a grand or petit juror or a jury commissioner for such period as the court deems necessary or may have his service deferred to another specified term of court when the state of his health or that of his family reasonably requires his absence, or when, for […]
(a) Any person who is sworn as a member of a grand or petit jury shall be ineligible to serve on another grand or petit jury in the same county for a period of two (2) years from the date the person is excused from further jury service by the court or by operation of […]
(a) No person shall be subject to a fine or other penalty for the offense of overtime parking incurred while the person is engaged in actual service as a grand or petit juror in any court, federal or state, in this state. (b) The person may evidence the fact of jury service by exhibiting to […]
(a) (1) Any person who is summoned to serve on jury duty shall not be subject to discharge from employment, loss of sick leave, loss of vacation time, or any other form of penalty as a result of his or her absence from employment due to jury duty, upon giving reasonable notice to his or […]
No verdict or indictment shall be void or voidable because any juror shall fail to possess any of the qualifications required in this act unless a juror shall knowingly answer falsely any question on voir dire relating to his qualifications propounded by the court or counsel in any cause. A juror who shall knowingly fail […]
(a) (1) (A) The state, through the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall provide and pay the cost of reasonable accommodations for the hearing and visually impaired when necessary to enable a person with those disabilities to act as a venireperson or juror. (B) Such accommodations may include a qualified sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, […]
